Chief Executive Officer, Academy of Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  ATLS Chairman of Saudi Arabian Chapter in the propagation of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS® ) Program for doctors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Abha, Al Qassim, Dhahran, Jeddah, Medina, Taif, Hafer Al Batin, Gizan, Makkah, Al Baha, Tabuk, Qunfudah, Al Baha, Al Khobar, Hofuf, Wadi Al Dawasir, Najran), and in the Gulf States (Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait). The ATLS Program is now established in more than 30 sites within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. ATLS program is now a mandatory course for all surgeons, emergency physicians, residents and interns.  Medical Director PHTLS Program, Saudi Arabian Chapter in the propagation of the Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Program which has been designed for all Allied Healthcare Professionals. The course was initiated in Riyadh and has been spread out in at least 6 cities in the Kingdom. PHTLS program is now a mandatory training program for all paramedics, EMTs and technicians.  Medical Director, ATCN Program, Saudi Arabian Chapter in the propagation of the Advanced Trauma Life Support Course (ATCN) which has been designed for Nurses. The course was initiated in Riyadh and had introduced to different cities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. So far this program is actively running in the Middle East.  Regional Director and Principle Investigator for the Advanced Operative Management Course (ATOM) which has been designed for surgeons. Assisted Qatar and UAE at establishing the course in the country. The Regional Director is responsible for the quality assurance and content of the course in the region.  Chair, ACS-COT, International Injury Care Committee – The I2C2 Chair position is an executive committee appointment that would run for an initial 2 year term, concluding in 2021. Its major focus is in the strategic planning to the tremendous growth of the educational programs as well as opportunities to support trauma system.  Member – American College of Surgeons, Committee On Trauma – the mission of the Committee On Trauma is to improve all phases of the management of the injured patient including pre-hospital care and transportation, hospital care, and rehabilitation; to prevent injuries in the home, in industry, on the highway, and during participation in sports; to establish and implement institutional and systems standards for care of the injured; to provide education to improve trauma care; and to cooperate with other national organizational with similar objectives.  Former Region Chief XVII (MENA) – actively participating in all related trauma courses activities accredited by the American College of Surgeons such as in-charge of the site visits, promulgation and initiation process until a center becomes fully independent. Has helped Middle East countries i.e. Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Nigeria, Oman establish trauma programs in their countries. Act as representative of the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma to represent their office to manages all trauma activities within the MENA Region.

He is an assistant professor in Surgery at Jazan University, the General Surgery Residency Program Director in the Jazan Region, and the Clinical Simulation & Life Support Center director at Jazan University. He is also the Trauma Pathway Lead & the Cluster Trauma Medical Director for Jazan Region as part of the national initiative to achieve the 2030 vision. He finished his surgical residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He completed a 2-year Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA. He worked closely with Dr. David King at Massachusetts General Hospital Animal Lab both clinically and research-wise, collaborating on industry and Department of Defense (DOD) funded projects as well as more typical academic efforts and innovations, including SurgiBox, Gel-e: Sprayable “Reversible” Foam Hemostat for Treatment of Non-Compressible Hemorrhage. His passion is to work closely with colleagues on Trauma System development, improve pre-hospital delivery of care, outreached injury prevention, surgical education, and developing tools to measure surgical capacity

• Obtained MBBS from COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, KING SAUD UNIVERSITY, 1992 .
• Obtained Double BOARD IN SURGERY, RIYADH , K.S.A in 2000,
• Obtained AFRCS (I , II) 1998
• Obtained fellowship in GASTRIOINTESTINAL AND BARIATRIC SURGERY FROM ITALY, MODENA in 2004.
• Head of upper GI and Bariatric surgery division since 2009.
• Founding member in SASMBS
• Active member in several national and international surgical societies.
• Recognized as an Examiner in Saudi Board of Surgery since 2009.
• • Vice chairman of Surgery council in SCFHS since 2019
• Currently assigned as Consultant upper GI and bariatric surgeon, Head of upper GI and Bariatric Surgery department PSMMC, RIYADH, KSA

• Professor Aayed Alqahtani is currently a professor and a consultant of MIS and Obesity Surgery and the CEO of New You Medical Center. He is the Director of King Saud’s University’s Obesity Chair and one of the prominent bariatric surgeons worldwide. Prof. Alqahtani is the Past President of The International Pediatric Endoscopy Group (IPEG); Founder & Past President of its Middle East Chapter. Past President of Pan Arab Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (PASMBS). He is the Director of International Bariatric Club (IBC) Middle East & Africa.
• He received his medical education with honors from King Saud University, Riyadh. He did post graduate training in McGill University, obtained his fellowship (FRCSC) in general surgery from the Royal College of Physician & Surgeon of Canada and the American Board of General Surgery (FACS) with specialized training in minimally invasive surgery at McGill University Canada and Denver, USA. He was featured on the Dean’s Honors List of Excellent Results in Postdoctoral Training in University of Montreal.
• Prof. Alqahtani is a strong advocate of providing weight loss surgery for adult and severely obese children and adolescents, and has published numerous studies on the safety and efficacy of this solution in young age groups. Notably, recent publications authored by Prof. Alqahtani demonstrate that bariatric surgery does not alter the growth of young children.
• He has published many articles, chapters and books. He has been the guest speakers in more than 300 international events and over 200 peer-reviewed presentations at national and international meetings. He is faculty of many national and international training courses and workshop in MIS, Robotic and Obesity. He is very active in numerous national and international societies, and he is a reviewer and sits on the editorial board of many respected medical journals.

King Faisal University, 1985

McGill university , General surgery 1994

University of British Columbia, Vascular Surgery 1995

Chief Academic Officer Saudi Commission for Health Specialities

Surgical oncology mainly
Breast / endocrine/ soft tissue sarcoma/ skin malignancies

Graduant from knig abdulaziz univercity -faculty of medicine
General surgery board saudi/ arab and jurdanian
Menistery of national guard -health affiers
Surgical oncology fellowship , nsw university , sydeny, australia
Breast and endocrine surgery fellowship , royal college of surgeons, dublin, ireland

Consultant Podiatric foot and ankle surgeon Dr. Suliman Fooki hospital in Jeddah Consultant surgeon at CHI hospitals Washington state United States

American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship in Advanced Reconstructive Surgeries of Foot and Snkle 2016-2016 USA Residency in Podiatric Foot Ankle Surgery 2013-2016 USA Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine 2009-2013 USA Bachelor of medicine and surgery 2000-2006 KSA

Consultant Surgeon & Surgical Oncologist Quality Consultant Director of Continuous Quality & Patient Safety

Graduated from King Saud University with a bachelor’s degree of Medicine & Surgery MBBS in 1998. Joined MODHS before heading for postgraduate studies in General Surgery & Surgical Oncology at the University of Ottawa, got an FRCSC in 2007. In 2010 finished an Executive MBA at Queen’s School of Business, Canada. Currently in clinical practice as a Staff Surgeon in PSMMC Riyadh while managing several MODHS-wide projects beside serving as a member of the SCFHS General Surgery Training Program Scientific Board & an examiner. Recently, he joined the MODHS Quality Department as a quality consultant then the director of continuous quality & patient safety in PSMMC beside the clinical duties.

Director General Health Affairs Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Nasser Alsanea, MBBCh, FASCRS (Hon.) Director General, Health Affairs Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Professor of Colon & Rectal Surgery Princess Nourah bin Abdulrahman University Professor of Colon & Rectal Surgery, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgery Consultant, Colon & Rectal Surgery King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center-Riyadh Ex-President, Saudi Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (2009-2018) Vice-President, International Society of University Colon & Rectal Surgeons (Middle East) Ex-Chairman, Saudi Fellowship in Colon & Rectal Surgery (2009-2018) Ex-Director, Hereditary Colorectal Tumors Registry (2007-2020) Advisory Council, Scientific Societies Saudi Commission for Health Specialties Editor-in-Chief, World Journal of Colorectal Surgery Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Saudi Medicine Author of more than 90 publications 90 Scientific publications

Head of general surgery department Consultant general surgery Consultant breast and endocrine surgery

Consultant general surgery/ breast and endocrine surgery. Head of general surgery department @ alnoor specialist hospital Makkah

Assistant Professor in Surgery Department of Surgery, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care Consultant Trauma Pathway Leader, Jazan Region, Ministry of Health General Surgery Residency Program Director, Jazan Region Director of Jazan University Clinical Simulation & Life Support Center Jazan Region Cluster Trauma Director & Cluster Trauma Committee Chair

He is an assistant professor in Surgery at Jazan University, the General Surgery Residency Program Director in the Jazan Region, and the Clinical Simulation & Life Support Center director at Jazan University. He is also the Trauma Pathway Lead & the Cluster Trauma Medical Director for Jazan Region as part of the national initiative to achieve the 2030 vision. He finished his surgical residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He completed a 2-year Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA.

Involved in patient care as outpatient, inpatient & oncall. I was covering consultation as well. Participated in committees related to patient care such as tumor board, QPS, M&M… etc. Has performed many complex procedures include oncological & benign surgeries.

Thoracic & MIS Surgeon with interest in Leadership

Head of Thoracic Surgery OR Director Former RTP Director of General Surgery ESTS Member

• MBBS King Abdul-Aziz University.
• Board Certified General Surgery.
• Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery – Louis Pradel Lyon France.
• Subsepciality Certificate Thoracic Surgical Oncology – Paris Descartes Paris France.
• Medical Education – Claude Bernard Lyon France.

third year in the thoracic surgery program at king saud university

American board of podiatric medicine
Doctor of podiatric medicine, dm
New york college of podiatric medicine, new york, usa
Egyption diplomat of anesthesiology
Faculty of medicine, alexandria university, alexendria, egypt
Bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery (mb.Ch.B)
Faculty of medicine, alexandria university, alexendria, egypt
Nov 2013
2003 – 2007
1990 – 1991
1979 – 1985
Certification and licensure
Saudi council license (consultant podiatry)
Massachusetts state podiatry license
2014
2009
Residency and fellowship
O. Vincent hosdital& worcester medical center
Podiatric medicine and surgery residency (worcester, ma, usa)
Anesthesiologist attending
Podiatric medicine and surgery residency (worcester, ma, usa)
Dar ismael hospital
Anesthesiology residency
Anesthesiology fellowship
July 2007 – june 2010
July 1992 – 2000
July 1988 – june 1991
July 1991 – june 1992
Work experience
Consultant podiatric surgery
Al-dawali clinics (riyadh, ksa)
Consultant podiatric surgery
National guard hospital (riyadh, ksa)
Podiatry attending
St. Vincent hospital and athol memorial hospital (massachusetts, usa)
Private office at athol memorial hospital (massachusetts, usa)
Podiatry medical group (massachusetts, usa)

thoracic surgery consultant and assistant professor at king saud university. former thoracic surgery fellow at mcmaster university.

MBBS, MPH, FRCSC thoracic surgeon

Since I started as a Thoracic surgeon in the National Guard Hospital in September 2017, I performed numerous numbers of Thoracic operations including both benign and malignant pathologies involving lungs, airway, chest wall , pleura , mediastinum as well as foregut .That was both minimally invasive and open approaches.

I performed tens of esophagoscopies and flexible bronchoscopies for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. During this period, I was involved in the diagnosis and management of hundreds of patients in Prince Noura Oncology centre as well all other departments in the hospital with daily new consultations. In addition to that I was the director of the residency training program of general surgery from March 2018 till September 2020. During that time, I worked with my colleagues in the general surgery department to improve the training quality of the residents from all aspects including but not limited to their knowledge, clinical and surgical skills.

I was appointed also as an assistant professor in King Saud bin Abdul-Aziz university where I teach and assess our medical students and make sure that we are participating positively in the graduation of our future doctors. Currently working on Robot Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS) techniques and In May 2022 obtained the de Vinci Technology training as Console Surgeon that took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. I performed numbers of successful Robotic Thoracic operations so far and welling to become a pioneer in Robotic Thoracic surgery in the region.

General ,Laparoscopy and upper GIT surgery with big Experience in Bariatric Surgery In addition trainer in the Saudi surgery Residént program and head of academic activities in the surgery Department

Assistant professor of surgery, department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. Thoracic surgery consultant, King Fahad Hospital of The University, AlKhobar. Part-time consultant general and thoracic surgery, Dr. Suliman AlHabib Hospital, AlKhobar.

An academic thoracic surgeon with a special interest in pectus surgery.

Working As Consultant Thoracic and Upper GI surgeon at King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Hospital in Jeddah, performing many thoracic benign and malignant diseases using minimally invasive and open approaches and the majority are complex and advanced cases. Has a good experience in different lung segmentectomies and lobectomies using MIS approcehs. Weekly bases of different Upper GI surgeries. Has a good numbers of mediastinal surgeries been performed using Robotic, VATS, and Open approaches. Different Endoscopic and Bronchoscopic interventions. Few airway and chest wall procedures.

• Thoracic & Upper GI surgery consultant, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah.
• Assistant Professor at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah.
• Program Director of General Surgery, KAMC, National Guard, Jeddah.
• Saudi Board in General Surgery, 2017.
• Clinical Fellowship in Robotic and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, 2020.
• Clinical Fellowship in Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Asan Medical Center, South Korea, 2021.

Consultant, Thoracic Surgery: East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia March 2023 to Present.

Professor& Senior Consultant, Cardiothoracic Surgery: Menoufia University Hospitals, Shebin Elkom, Egypt December 2020 to March 2023.

Clinical Director of ICU Trauma Committee chair Consultant General Surgery and Abdominal wall reconstruction Fellow of the American College of Surgeons